Would Che tree fruit in Bradenton, FL?

[onur]

Would Che fruit tree -Maclura tricuspidata  produce fruits in Bradenton, FL?

Onur

[sildanani]

I've seen one fruiting at the fruit and spice park in Homestead.

[achetadomestica]

I planted one this year around LaBelle FL zone 9b.
It is a grafted tree on Osage orange rootstock. I will know for sure in a few years but I read
they should fruit in July or August in the south. I plan to get another one from http://hiddenspringsnursery.com/plants.html#Melon_Tree
$28 including shipping. The tree I got earlier this year is doing very well and reminds me of a Mulberry

[onur]

Thank you Anisha and Achetadomestica!

[onur]

I planted one this year around LaBelle FL zone 9b.
It is a grafted tree on Osage orange rootstock. I will know for sure in a few years but I read
they should fruit in July or August in the south. I plan to get another one from http://hiddenspringsnursery.com/plants.html#Melon_Tree
$28 including shipping. The tree I got earlier this year is doing very well and reminds me of a Mulberry

Achetadomestica, I ordered an allegedly self fertile, grafted one from Edible Landscaping.. What do you think? Would it fruit? Do you order male and female tress from Hidden Springs Nursery?

Thanks
Onur

[TheDom]

Onur you might hit up Wayne Clifton and see how his che is doing since he's also in the Bradenton area. I think he'd put it in a year or two ago in February, and was pretty excited about it when I was there. 

[achetadomestica]

Onur
If a male is present the fruit will be very seedy. I was also going to get a plant from Edible Landscaping but they
never got one in stock and I ended up getting my tree from Englands nursery in Kentucky. My sister lives in Kentucky and picked it up
on the way down to Florida. I also got a female grafted tree.
Mike

[onur]

Thanks Dom and Mike !

[achetadomestica]

[Francis_Eric]

I like these up North taste of like watermelon
How do they taste far down that way ?

Any updates

[Odenwald]

If planting here in Bradenton I would not put them in a suntrap area.  Put them in the coolest part of your yard, with shade in the afternoon.

[Francis_Eric]

For rootstock Osage Orange (not orange family, but Mulberry ) Grows Native In Texas Louisiana , and florida

I'd try to get those to graft to , and not one from a Nursery using one that adapted to IL. or northern Climates

I expect Most nurseries use a Cold hardy rootstock for northern people so they do not die.

I know A lot of Texas Members bring up how these Osage Orange trees can have big thorns ,and are a pain
so I would source rootstock from the Texas members here.

Still really want to know if down south they have a flavor
as I see some people get types with little flavor, but Mine I tasted were good.
I may plant some in Louisiana for friends as well.

[Francis_Eric]

Thinking of what I just said
I have Northern Rootstock (lots)

Anyone have Texas Seeds ?

I want to grow for My New Orleans friends, and also Guerilla  grow in a park (and city park with permission)

I could pay, maybe trade.

[Andreas Gia]

Thinking of what I just said
I have Northern Rootstock (lots)

Anyone have Texas Seeds ?

I want to grow for My New Orleans friends, and also Guerilla  grow in a park (and city park with permission)

I could pay, maybe trade.

Are you referring to Osaka orange seeds? I can source them right now. Tons of seeds but they are not from Texas. Currently, seeds would be from fallen fruit Nashville, TN.

[Francis_Eric]

Thinking of what I just said
I have Northern Rootstock (lots)

Anyone have Texas Seeds ?

I want to grow for My New Orleans friends, and also Guerilla  grow in a park (and city park with permission)

I could pay, maybe trade.

I meant Florida Members Might want to source FArthest south Osage orange seeds for root stock.

I gathered a Large Backpack last year so I have hundreds  growing
Unfortunate for me I have had many more seeds ,
but one day after cleaning I left them out one day,
 and a mouse ate so many out side.

This looks to be a hot item right now a lot of Nurseries Are selling out pretty tree

Mango madness I have ate them just not south they have a fig like taste or water melon like taste
would be good for drying as well with only a Female they will be seedless
So if a Nursery is saying to buy two they are lying so you buy more trees.

I would probably be growing out JErry Lehmans variety or one from Cliff England or Northern fruit explorers NAFEX (and Indiana Nut growers)
and would like a male of some species  to breed, but afriad not enough room at my house (only friends houses farms ) for that.

Thank you for the Tenessee offer though for root stock

[850FL]

I don’t understand why they are always grafted to OO? I mean, I took a cutting once from my female and it rooted perfectly fine in perlite. Very similar to mulberry cuttings.. I cant take any more because my female is so small or otherwise I would have! Also whoever said to put it in sporadic sun down here in the south is right. Mine is growing right next to a white mulberry of all things, and the branch that was in full continuous sun got baked, while the branch under the mulberry canopy is faring way better. Although, I can’t say the dead branch wasn’t due to a slight drought, so it may have been drought conditions and full sun that did that branch in. Anyways..